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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:32 am
by Kieran Huggins
I've used UltraVNC for years (it's a variant of tightVNC I think) with no problems - I just use the default password settings (with my own password of course).

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:55 am
by JayBird
Kieran Huggins wrote:do you have a password set in VNC?
Yep, and i changed it a couple of times, and i kept seeing the same thing happening

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:10 am
by Chris Corbyn
Jenk wrote:VNC is quite weak for security. I don't know of any other free alternatives.
Well, I'd use Timbuktu for OS X because it's an actual remote-desktop client like RDP. It's expensive though and I'm not that lazy that I can't just walk up my stairs to get to the Mac :P

~Keiran, yep it's passworded. There are various other settings to only allow one client at a time etc. The server is VineServer (OSXVnc) and the client was TightVNC.

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:15 am
by Kieran Huggins
wow - that's kinda scary.. I guess what's kept me safe is using a non-standard port - I'll have to do some more reading about this tomorrow!

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:56 am
by feyd
A friend of mine will use SSH to turn on the VNC server on his box in the event he needs it, which is rare.

I just use SSH. Image

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:00 am
by Chris Corbyn
feyd wrote:A friend of mine will use SSH to turn on the VNC server on his box in the event he needs it, which is rare.

I just use SSH. Image
That's what I do :) I SSH to the box, start VNC up, then connect over VNC. That's how I killed VNC so quickly. I didn't background the process so all I had to do was bounce back to my PuTTY window and CTRL+C. I don't like running services all the time if they're only used occassionally. Especially not something that could potentially lead to someone sat watching you type your bank details into online banking.

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:07 pm
by Ambush Commander
Make VNC only accept loopback connections. Then access VNC using SSH tunneling. (This is, of course, granted you're not doing that already).

I keep WinVNC on all the time, and it bugs me a little. What command are you using to turn it on?